Mail alert sound doesn't stick

Question

I chose a doorbell sound for mail notification on Mail, but half the time I get the old mail sound instead. It seems to switch back and forth. How do I resolve this? Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

Hola chicos, (OK guys)
Here’s a solution to the (simple) Mail Notification Sound problem that most people are furious over. Whether it’s plays a sound occasionally or not at all, clearly there is a bug in Mail which prevents it playing sounds alerting you to any incoming mail.
There is even a rule you can apply in Mail>Preferences>Rules called Play Sound which SHOULD play a AIFF file of your choice on receipt of Every Message. But I’ve found this not to work too!
So, here’s a workaround in 2 easy steps:
(You need an AIFF sound file. Got it? Good)
_*STEP 1 - Modify & Save this tiny Applescript:*_
Imagine I have the following AIFF on my HD.
/Users/mrlinguafranca/Library/Sounds/doorbell.aiff
A. Copy n Paste the following into the ‘Script Editor’ application on OS X.
tell application "Finder"
open document file "doorbell.aiff" of folder "Sounds" of folder "Library" of folder "mrlinguafranca" of folder "Users" of startup disk
end tell
B. Change the parameters with the location of YOUR AIFF file
C. Click ‘Run’ to test that it plays the sound file. (Success? Good).
D. Save it somewhere and exit.
_*STEP 2 - Setup a Rule in OS X Mail*_
1. Open Mail.
2. Click Mail>Preferences>Rules.
3. Click Add Rule.
4. Set up the rule as follows:
Give the rule a meaningful description e.g. PlayMailNotificationSound
“If ANY of the rules are met” select (Every Message) from the drop down.
Perform the following actions select (Run AppleScript) select (THE LOCATION OF YOUR APPLESCRIPT)
Click OK.
5. Restart OS X Mail.
6. Send yourself a mail and listen carefully.
Hopefully it’ll work for you as it works for me.
(If even I can think of a workaround, what are the guys at Apple doing?)
Buen dia.
Mr Linguafranca.